Without six council votes, move to halt construction could face referendum

1:17 AM,
Nov. 30, 2013

City Council members Charlie Winburn (left) and Christopher Smitherman confer before a Jun. 24 meeting.

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Cincinnati might continue building its streetcar for another year despite electing an anti-streetcar City Council and mayor. Or it might not.

In the increasingly complex chess game over the controversial streetcar project, Mayor-elect John Cranley has scheduled a vote Monday to stop construction, likely for 30 days. He is calling it a pause to conduct a review comparing the costs of canceling vs. completing the $133 million project.

The newly formed Streetcar Committee, led by incoming Vice Mayor David Mann, will hold its first meeting at noon Monday - a day after the swearing-in of the ...